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Spiritual Trickster Gurdjieff in 1920s New York
Almost everyone who encountered Armenian-Greek spiritual teacher Georges Ivan Gurdjieff (ca. 1866-1877 – 1949) in 1920s New York agreed he…
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State Humanties Councils Win First Round In Court
On August 6, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) acted unlawfully when…
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Fort Rickey: On The Edge of Empires at Oneida Carry
Fort Rickey was a small palisaded fortification that was initially constructed in ca. 1759 to support the British occupation of…
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Detection Dogs Are Mapping Hidden Cottontail Homes
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Conservation Dogs Program (CDP) conducted winter pellet surveys for New England cottontails (NEC) at…
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Mechanicville’s ‘Field of Dreams’ – New York Almanack
I love the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. I especially love the part where the spirits walk out of the…
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Shaker Museum Names New Executive Director
The Shaker Museum in Chatham, NY has announced the Claudia Gould has been named Executive Director. “Claudia is a dynamic…
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The Beaver Quest: Pelts & Testicles
In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) sent navigator Henry Hudson westward to discover a short route to Asia.…
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Adirondack Solitude Captures The Spirit of the Place
Solitude is hard to find these days, and harder still to capture in an image. But that’s just what award-winning…
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How To Report a Banded Bird
Have you seen or photographed a wild bird with a band, tag, or other marker? If you have, you should…
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Forest Rangers Recover Bodies; Make Rescues; Fight Wildfire
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State locating…
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